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There's a lot of short tracks, different styles of music as the docu goes though different aspects of aviation. From typical Horner "Americana" ala Apollo 13 to quirky synths to wordless vocals to faux period jazz.

It may not have the depth and complexity of Horners feature film work, but it's a very nice example of his various musical stylings.

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Wonderful and very varied score. Slightly different to his usual film work, since a documentary has a different narrative form, allowing Horner to be less scene specific in certain cues. The music just flies by thanks to the score's short running time and large variety of styles. It contains everything from large orchestral music very much in the vein of The Perfect Storm, Big Band jazz, pop/rock, electronic, and naturally, since this is a Horner score, some lashings of "world music".

Not a work of amazing depth, and not as coherent as his film scores. But it does show off very well why he was such a great film composer, and why we miss him.